DISGUSTING - CUTTING FEMALE GENITALS

This is within the Islam that cutting of the female genitals is practiced because it will stabilize her libido, it will make a woman look more beautiful in the eyes of the husband and it will balance her psychology. It shows that one is a follower of Prophet Ibrahim’s way of worship.

It is believed by Prophet Muhammad that it is a way of reducing sexual desire in the woman thus avoiding adultery and a way of curbing her from bad sexual habits. This is because an uncircumcised woman would always have unlimited sexual appetite, which may force her to commit adultery.

Cutting of the female genitals involves reduction or elimination of the sensitive tissue of the outer genitalia, particularly the clitoris. This helps in maintaining chastity and virginity before marriage. Also as for sociological reasons it is an identification with the cultural heritage and as for the hygiene and aesthetic reasons, the external female genitalia are considered dirty.

Muslim communities, however, practise cutting the female genitals with the young child in the belief that it is demanded by the Islamic faith.

Circumcision reduces excessive sensitivity of the clitoris which may cause it to increase in size to 3 centimeters when aroused, which is very annoying to the husband . Thus, the absence of the clitoris reduces excessive sexual desire and reduces the incidence of urinary tract infections and that is why the Muslim women remain more healthy .

While religion is the main reason for circumcisions .it is believed that a girl who is not circumcised would have unclean genitals after she urinate which could lead to cervical cancer. This practice has become important to Islam because it is associated with female sexual purity. Even today, it is important for a woman to be circumcised so that she can go to her husband's home while uncircumcised girls are considered not good enough for marriage.